Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Virus Trips
    Virus Trips
    Virus Trips
    Ebook89 pages56 minutes

    Virus Trips

    By Mala

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Finding Solidarity in the midst of a global pandemic.

    It has become a strange, new, and frightening world for billions of people. Many may have the support of others, but each nonetheless stands alone. Everyone confronts this crisis in their own way.

    Virus Trips meanders through the lives and thoughts of a few individuals as they contend with new lives in the shadow of COVID-19. This short story collection features a few unique voices that reflect the situations of many.

    A peek-a-book trip. A journey you can take at a socially acceptable distance, that reminds us we're not alone.

    Other Books by mala:
    It's the Water

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMala
    Release dateMay 13, 2020
    ISBN9780463109229
    Virus Trips
    Author

    Mala

    mala teams with others who enjoy observing the world and dreaming up likely and unlikely characters. Some may be interesting.mala's time is divided between New England, NYC (which is not remotely connected to N.E.), and a somber European city way to the north of happier places such as Warsaw.

    Related to Virus Trips

    Related ebooks

    Wellness For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Latinx Heritage Month

      Dec 15, 2020

      Latinx Heritage Month
      5 min read

    • Article

      You Talkin’ To Me?

      Jun 25, 2021

      IN THE CROSSHAIRS THIS MONTH RICHARD ARMITAGE Are you talkin’ to me? I am talking to you. If I’m perfectly honest, I’d rather be face to face, because I’m sick of Zoom. I went back to work on the show that I’m on at the moment, for Netflix. The first

      3 min read

    • Article

      Life’s a Bre-eze

      Mar 20, 2020

      Life’s a Bre-eze
      6 min read

    • Article

      Ben Marcus

      Jun 15, 2018

      My wife, Gin, once knocked gently on my head, as if it were a door. “Hello,” she kept saying. “Hello. Who’s in there?” She and our therapist, Dr. Sherby, laughed a little about this, so I did, too. What fun. Keep knocking on my head like that, like i

      23 min read

    • Article

      Wildest Dreams

      May 16, 2023

      Wildest Dreams
      9 min read

    • Article

      Wild Days

      Jul 27, 2020

      Wild Days
      7 min read

    • Article

      Julia

      Oct 19, 2022

      Julia
      7 min read

    • Article

      Prey

      May 10, 2021

      As I drove slowly towards the mob of angry protestors and my meeting with 200, I thought of 199. The ashes of a once hard man, staring at me with wide eyes that pleaded for hope like a dog begging for treats. I’d somehow found a way to give him that

      41 min read

    • Article

      “Help, I Am Always Late!”

      May 22, 2022

      “Help, I Am Always Late!”
      7 min read

    • Article

      Parminder Nagra

      May 2, 2022

      Parminder Nagra
      5 min read

    • Article

      Lemonade

      Aug 28, 2020

      Lemonade
      8 min read

    • Article

      Prey

      Mar 10, 2024

      As I drove slowly toward the mob of angry protestors and my meeting with 200, I thought of 199. The ashes of a once hard man, staring at me with wide eyes that pleaded for hope like a dog begging for treats. I’d somehow found a way to give him that h

      41 min read

    • Article

      She's A Killer

      Nov 24, 2021

      She's A Killer
      11 min read

    • Article

      After “The End”

      Oct 10, 2022

      I walked down the road with a hunched back and a wet cigarette in my mouth—the fire had died a while back. My hands were tucked into the pockets of my jacket, and my hair fell over my face, limiting my sight. But I wasn’t really seeing where I was go

      10 min read

    • Article

      A New Perspective

      Apr 24, 2020

      A New Perspective
      5 min read

    • Article

      Everywhere Around Us

      Sep 23, 2023

      Everywhere Around Us
      5 min read

    • Article

      Life, Unplugged

      Mar 12, 2024

      Life, Unplugged
      9 min read

    • Article

      The Book Of Approved Words

      Jul 10, 2021

      I relaxed on the couch watching an illegal show on videotape. “They had such freedom of language back then,” I thought. “I told you to sit, retard,” the man on the screen shouted. Reluctantly plopping down, the other man mumbled, “Faggot.” “We can’t

      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Virus Trips

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Virus Trips - Mala

      Also by mala

      IT’S THE WATER

      MEANDERING NOWHERE

      Like living in North Korea.

      ~ anonymous ~

      Male, turning middle age, northern Europe

      Write something.

      Schools are closed for the fourth week and my children are studying from home. My boy plays computer games with his friends via the internet, so he doesn’t crave the social contacts. My daughter feels very lonely because she is very social and really wants to go back to school.

      The internet seems to be essential for all activities at home. If this virus would have hit in 2004, life would have been very different. The mobile phone has become my source of entertainment. TV is running reruns and the programing is really poor. Sporting events are nonexistent, which is a big part of life.

      Watching television and the news, has become a depressing part of the day. Death toll rises and there is no end in sight. The networks are really feasting on this pandemic.

      I watch the news and crave for information. Hoping the next news would be better and this all could be just a bad dream. It feels like this thing has been going on for months when in actuality its only been a little over 4 weeks here. Things happen really fast.

      How to get rid of the fear? Even though this virus is like a bad flu and 80 % get it really mildly, the prospect of getting it is messing with my mind. I consider myself a smart and calculative person but somehow this information overflow is piling up. Also the amount on misinformation online and on the news is not helping.

      Summer is on the way and the sun is out. It helps with this situation mentally. The earth seems to be doing better. Something positive out of this situation.

      HOME ALONE (NOT REALLY)

      "Let’s just see if we can just make it through the day without any negatives."

      After all, this is only week two?

      Excuse me?

      I said ‘Let’s try to …

      Look. I’m right in the middle of something. Not now. Okay?

      … without any negative(s).

      This virus is vicious. It hasn’t torn my body apart (or hers) but it’s certainly torn my life apart.

      Not hers. How ironic. LOVES her work. Well… maybe not exactly that. But she adores the add-ons. Special Projects. Planning company events. The Big Meetings. Special parties and outings. Conventions. Arranging travel, hotels. Being the Girl Friday.

      Center of her life, the projects.

      But NOT now.

      Not with COVID-19.

      The metamorphosis was announced yesterday.

      You know something?

      I used to know a lot of things. I’m feeling as if I know nothing at the moment.

      That’s not what I meant.

      Sigh.

      So? That’s what I meant.

      Yes? So what did you mean?

      If you really have to.

      It’s just that I think it’s so much fun to be home. It’s like… like I’m released. Or… or I can set my own time. Don’t have to dress up. AND! NO meetings!

      I thought you had… had ‘virtual meetings.’ Or something like that.

      I really shouldn’t get into this. I wish I could just say: Why don’t you just get back to your computer and your spreadsheets and video calls and… putting up with the rest of them. Them and their inane problems that you’re somehow supposed to solve, and used to complain about all the time. I’m trying to work.

      And suddenly she decides that just because she’s home she can handle these inane people without a glare or some sort of snide comments and no dark silences for the foreseeable future? Just get on with what she thought was the dull part of her work? No projects even? Just because she’s home?

      I get out of some of them. The bad ones. I tell them I have to shop for my parents. Or have an appointment to call the doctor. Things like that.

      She’s using her medical condition and/or her frail and isolated parents to get out of meetings?

      So you lie?

      Obviously.

      "We all do it.

      I had to call Jessica - one of the people in personnel? - the other day. She uses her kids to get out of it. The flu or sorting out a problem. Something like that.

      So do any of them do the meetings?

      Why am I interested? Am I?

      "The bad meetings? Like… like… You wouldn’t really understand why the bad ones are bad anyway. You’d have to be there. Only the True Believers are always on-line.

      And what does THAT mean?

      "So anyway, I don’t

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1